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Shortlisted for the 2026 Ruth Rendell Award
Posted on February 14, 2026
The Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society (ALCS) and the National Literacy Trust have announced the shortlist for the 2026 Ruth Rendell Award, w…
Tree Thing longlisted for Wainwright Prize Children’s Fiction 2026
Posted on July 15, 2026
Tree Thing, illustrated by Matthew Taylor Wilson, has been longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Children’s Fiction 2026. The Wainwright Prizes are the UK’s foremost awards celebrating nature, conse…
Tree Thing wins Wolverhampton Children’s Book Award!
Posted on July 7, 2026
Tree Thing, illustrated by Matthew Taylor Wilson, has won the Wolverhampton Children’s Book Award 2025/6 Established and run by Wolverhampton Grammar School eight years ago, the Wolverhampton Children…
Midnight Treasure shortlisted for Children’s Book Cover of the Year
Posted on June 4, 2026
Congratulations to the brilliant Alla Khatkevich or being shortlisted for the The Week Junior Book Awards 2026 Children’s Book Cover of the Year, for her wonderful cover illustrations for Midnight Tre…
The Last Wild tour announced 🦌🎭
Posted on May 13, 2026
Today, the National Theatre launched National Theatre Nationwide: a new landmark partnership with 12 leading theatres in all nine regions of England dedicated to ensuring parity of access to art and c…
NEW BOOK: Books According to Dog and Owl
Posted on March 5, 2026
Delighted to announce my non-fiction debut, publishing with Orchard for Hachette Children’s this autumn, on October 22nd. BOOKS ACCORDING TO DOG AND OWL, specially commissioned to celebrate the Nation…
MIDNIGHT TREASURE is a Waterstones Paperback of the Year!
Posted on September 27, 2025
The paperback of Midnight Treasure is finally here, and just in time for Halloween. I’m also delighted that Waterstones have chosen it as one of their Paperbacks of the Year, and it will be available…